Poetic Structure in Pope's Essay on Man

A student is writing about characteristics of the Enlightenment period found in Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man. Which analysis is most correct?

B. Pope uses the structure of heroic couplets to focus the reader's attention on his ideas. His writings reflect the logical and rational philosophy common during the Enlightenment.

A heroic couplet

B. expresses a complete poetic thought.

Read the excerpt from An Essay on Man. Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,Correct old time, and regulate the sun; Which statement is correct?

C. Parallelism is used in the first two lines.

Read the excerpt from An Essay on Man. Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man. Which statement is correct?

C. Pope uses a heroic couplet to express a complete idea.

The repetition of similar grammatical structures in a poem is

C. parallelism.

Alexander Pope uses poetry to express his ideas because

C. the structure of verse emphasizes order and rationality.

What is antithesis?

D. the combination of opposing ideas

Enlightenment thinkers valued

reason and logic

Read the lines from An Essay on Man. In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Which element is used in these lines?

A. repetition

Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man argues that

A. the universe is rational and orderly.